The Latest Breaking News from Fatma Samoura

The anti-discrimination “One Love” captain’s armband denied to teams at the men’s World Cup in Qatar will be worn at the Women’s World Cup next month in an amended version now approved by soccer authorities

Outgoing FIFA secretary-general, Fatma Samoura, talks the difference between warlords and football “sharks”, escalating the women’s game and the art of juggling in our Wāhine of the World Cup series.

In his poem Die Lorelei, Heinrich Heine touched on the stillness of the Rhine in his portrait of the legendary mermaid who lured sailors to their doom on the rocks along the river. Just shy of 200 years after Heine's masterpiece, no siren songs have been required to attract footballers…

FIFA's top officials have urged the 32 teams preparing for the most political World Cup in the modern era to focus on the game in Qatar and avoid handing out lessons in morality. A letter urging teams to “let football take center stage” was sent by FIFA president Gianni Infantino…

FIFA's secretary general Fatma Samoura insists visitors to the country will receive "the best hospitality that you can imagine" regardless of "social and sexual orientation"

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Fifa has called on teams at the World Cup in Qatar to "focus on football" and stop "handing out moral lessons" in a message that received a sharp rebuke from Amnesty International.

FIFA asks participants to reserve judgement in the face of protests over LGBTQ issues and migrant worker rights.

The winter tournament has proven controversial since Qatar’s victorious hosting bid in 2010

Fifa, the governing body for world football, has lifted the suspension imposed on the All India Football Federation (AIFF), paving the country’s return to international football and the hosting of Fifa U-17 Women’s World Cup later this year.